Payroll Transformation Specialist

Overview

This role supports payroll operations, integrations, and process improvement across the employer and its portfolio companies. The position is well-suited for someone who enjoys solving payroll challenges, working with data, and building reliable, audit-ready processes.

Responsibilities

Payroll Operations and Integration

• Support payroll integrations for newly acquired companies.
• Coordinate payroll implementations, provider transitions, testing, and go-live activities.
• Collect, validate, and reconcile employee and payroll data.
• Review payroll inputs and outputs for accuracy and completeness.
• Support new hires, terminations, compensation changes, deductions, taxes, and one-time payments.
• Help resolve payroll issues accurately and on time.

Compliance and Controls

• Maintain payroll calendars, checklists, approvals, reconciliations, and audit-ready records.
• Support payroll tax registrations, notices, statutory reporting, and year-end activities.
• Reconcile payroll deductions with benefits and HR system records.
• Partner with Finance, HR, portfolio leaders, EORs, and local payroll providers.
• Identify and escalate compliance or employee-impacting risks promptly.

Systems and Process Improvement

• Document payroll processes and develop standard procedures, templates, and controls.
• Support payroll system configuration, testing, data cleanup, and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate manual work.
• Track implementation milestones, deadlines, risks, and outstanding decisions.
• Help standardize payroll practices while accounting for local requirements.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in payroll administration, implementation, HR operations, accounting support, or a related area.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, payroll conversions, or a global workforce.
• Excellent organization, analytical ability, and attention to detail.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and clearly communicate findings.
• Comfort working across multiple companies, countries, currencies, and time zones.
• Sound judgment when handling confidential payroll information.
• A practical, responsive, and service-minded approach.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to payroll in Brazil, Portugal, Canada, the UK, or the United States.
• Experience with Deel, Rippling, Multiplier, Paylocity, Paychex, TriNet, or similar platforms.
• Payroll certification or relevant coursework.

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time employment.

Location

• US, Remote or on-site.